title: [On the drainage and irrigation of the paranasal sinuses through the natural pathways: the problem revisited].
abstract: This paper was designed to report the results of the treatment of 86 patients at the age from 18 to 40 years presenting with pyoinflammatory processes in the paranasal sinuses. All of them underwent probing and irrigation of these sinuses through natural pathways under local anesthesia. The pathological process in the paranasal sinuses needed from 5 to 7 lavages to be arrested and eliminated. The comparative analysis of pain severity, sense of discomfort, and unpleasant feelingcarried out with the use of a visual-analogous scale demonstrated that the manifestations of these symptoms were by a factor of two weaker after probing than after the puncture treatment. The duration of therapy by means of drainage and irrigation of the paranasal sinuses was similar to that of the traditional treatment of sinusitis. Its advantages include atraumaticity and good tolerability by the patients.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Izvin
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome